Via yahoo
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprise twist to the decade-plus effort to ease access to morning-after pills, the government is lowering the age limit to 15 for one brand — Plan B One-Step — and will let it be sold over the counter.
Today, Plan B and its generic competition are sold behind pharmacy counters, and people must prove they’re 17 or older to buy the emergency contraception without a prescription. A federal judge had ordered an end to those sales restrictions by next Monday.
But Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a different approach: Plan B could sit on drugstore shelves next to condoms, spermicides or other women’s health products — but to make the purchase, buyers must prove they’re 15 or older at the cash register.
But not next to Sudafed. Because people might buy Sudafed to commit drug crimes, but will never buy Plan B to cover up statutory rape or sexual abuse.
Also, “surprise twist”? FDA succumbs to intersection of current admin politics & Pharma lobby. Yeah, I’m so surprised.
The FDA said the Plan B One-Step will be packaged with a product code that prompts the cashier to verify a customer’s age. Anyone who can’t provide such proof as a driver’s license, birth certificate or passport wouldn’t be allowed to complete the purchase. In most states, driver’s licenses, the most common form of identification, are issued at age 16.
How long will that be implemented? I’m sure it will be seen as an undue burden on 15 year olds who can’t afford ID. And are only girls/women allowed to buy it? Of course not.
The FDA said Tuesday that Teva had provided data proving that girls as young as 15 could understand how Plan B works and use it properly, without the involvement of a health care provider. Teva plans to conduct a consumer-education program and indicated it is willing to audit whether stores are following the age requirement, the agency said.
Just laughing at that paragraph. So much comedy.
Bonus:
From the Manufacturer-supplied full product information:
Ectopic pregnancies account for approximately 2% of all reported pregnancies. Up to 10% of pregnancies reported in clinical studies of routine use of progestin- only contraceptives are ectopic. A history of ectopic pregnancy is not a contraindication to use of this emergency contraceptive method. Healthcare providers, however, should consider the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy in women who become pregnant or complain of lower abdominal pain after taking Plan B One-Step. A follow-up physical or pelvic examination is recommended if there is any doubt concerning the general health or pregnancy status of any woman after taking Plan B One-Step.
I wonder if that will be in Teva’s educational program.
I had a bunch of tweeted rants on this topic this morning, but lucky for y’all, Twitter seems to be glitchy, so I won’t list them here.
Your luck could not last forever.
Here are my related tweets:
In reply to someone on MSNBC:
Re: carding of minors. In CA and probably other states ID cards can be issued at almost any age. IS got his at 14 – along with eventual DL# that gets him strange looks every time he’s ticketed. 🙂
Kids can get ID at any age; but most don’t have it.
Plan B needs to be taken as soon as possible after unprotected sex to take effect; maximum wait is 72 hours.
So it makes no sense to me that the 15yo kid who is too unprepared for sex will have id.
Agreed. Highly unlikely those needing ID worst will have one.
If kids can get ID’s at any age, why can’t voters? 😉
{belated} Aamf in CA the app for DL/ID is ipso facto also a voter reg app. BUT requirements for CA/ID are tougher than voter reg so fraud in CA runs high. That’s why CA does not issue same day, so they can withhold mail backs that can’t clear.
Someone posted about this on facebook yesterday, and actually blamed the patriarchy for limiting it to women 15 years and older. As if normalizing teenagers having sex under the age of consent isn’t itself evidence of the patriarchy. WTF? My response was this:
Honk!
Double Honk
Maje it a triple.
Is it contrary to PCness to consider the men who push/support this as pathetic losers, and the women who think it’s the best thing since peanut butter as clueless sycophants?
my main fear with this is if one of these girls has an allergic reaction and parents do not know she has taken the pill will she get proper medical help in time?
will she even realize it is a reaction to the pill?
teenage girls do not always tell there parents many things. I can cite at least two cases where girls I knew did not tell their parents they were pregnant. One went into labor before her parents knew and the other was just about 8 months along. neither one got the prenatal care they should have gotten because of keeping quiet
Yup.
Its the immature ones who tend to get pregnant – the responsible ones know enough to either abstain or use condoms.
So they are also too immature to realize that they can’t just hide it forever.
A 15 year old can take this, but you have to be 18 to buy cigarettes. Bloomers wants to make it 21 for cigarettes. Flipping sinus medicines are behind the pharmacy counter, but not this…..argh
It’s all political
I just see it as a victory for Big Pharma and Pediophiles.
Preventing minors from obtaining birth control and/or abortions won’t prevent them from having sex.
OTOH it’s tough to get them to use BC even when it is easily available.
I still remember the first time I bought condoms. I was 16 or 17 and still a virgin. Back then they were kept behind the counter and you had to ask for them. I was really embarrassed cuz the clerk was a woman.
When I was in high school one of my oldest friends (from first grade) was too embarrassed to buy any. I marched up to the front of the drug store and asked for some condoms. The lady said “What kind”. I said “Extra small”. He then chased me around the parking lot while I was laughing. Somehow we are still good friends.
😆
Take the young girl into her Dr, Tell him you caught her 14 yr old male “friend” climbing OUT of her bedroom window at 4 am on a school night. Get the BC pills and give them to the girl who denies needing them because she “isn’t a slut” but tell her they are “hormone correction pills for the purpose of curing acne”. I bet she will take them as directed without a fuss.
BTW – When I worked for a big-box retailer two of our highest theft items were condoms and pregnancy test kits. I’m sure if Plan B was out there in the aisles it would join them at the top of the list.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100685883
Sex Superbug Could Be ‘Worse Than AIDS’
from what I understand about this STD, morning after pill not gonna work to prevent it.
only condoms as of now work
Tweeted that
MYIQ
just curious did they argue this in law school?
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/the_individual_as_property.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/05/maybe_they_should_sell_it_in_the_candy_aisle.html
interesting
LOL !
http://shark-tank.net/2013/05/01/obamas-daughter-will-soon-be-able-to-receive-morning-after-pill/
Wouldn’t want her getting punished with a baby.
Poor Malia, her 15th birthday is going to be the joke of the year, and it’s not her fault.
Completely OT, some comic relief. Go here and vote for the worst outfit worn by Michelle.
http://www.michellesmirror.com/
Yikes!
😀
Hard to believe she made the People mag Most Beautiful issue.
I don’t want to seem mean but there really is nothing that attractive about MO and she is downright ugly when she scowls. I’m not saying she’s hideous (I’ve dated worse, but not while sober) but she ain’t no beauty or fashion icon.
She’s basically a tall, average-looking middle-aged woman with poor taste in clothes. She does not have the hips, butt and thighs to dress young and skinny.
Too be fair, neither do I.
I just want to know what that odd bulge is in the blue dress picture. There are other photos of her with odd bulges in the groin area, it’s disturbing.
Me too.
She is a fashion Icon ya know. 😆 😆
At least in her eyes. 🙂
Don’t they pay to get that? I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a fund for that.
The whole idiocy of it is they dress MO up in fashion and feature her in Vogue to sell her to women and women don’t care about fashion and don’t read Vogue. Do you know even one person who subscribes to it? I occasionally look at it when I’m getting my hair done but I read about 10 “womens mags” then because they are so vapid it takes 5 mins a mag. The only time I read People or US was in the orthodontist office and thank God I am finished with that phase of my life.
I can give her that her taste and mine in clothes are very different, but at what she pays for her clothes, they should at least fit her.
I think her clothes don’t fit because if it fits on the bottom, it doesn’t on the top. It seems she buys clothes to fit her upper body and then they end up being too tight on her lower body.
I don’t know why she doesn’t spend the money to have things altered. She’s worn some outfits that did seem to fit her and I assume those were altered.
Jeez, wtf do those stylist get paid for? Seriously, alterations is a huge part of their job.
🙄
off topic
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/01/obama-rejects-dem-senators-nominates-lobbyist-to-chair-fcc
backtrack disses congress and nominates lobbyist to chair FCC.
was lobbyist for cable tv companies
Fox news press conference in a few minutes in Boston arrests
Some feel good news …
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/robert-downey-jr-thrills-sandy-volunteers-at-iron-man-screening_3636351
very classy thing to do
http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/01/obama-housing-nominee-most-white-people-wont-vote-for-black-candidate-should-be-excluded-from-democratic-process/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
does backtrack know anybody that is not racist?
McCain using arrests to pump up immigration reform
weeted:
Reuters
RT @ReutersUS: U.S. magistrate orders three new marathon bomb suspects into the custody of U.S. Marshals Service #breaking
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/chicago-muslim-doctor-opening-surgery-center-he-says-will-follow-sharia-law/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
sharia law surgery center to open in Chicago
do not know if they will give plan B pills to young girls
I doubt they will give out plan B, but I’m sure they’ll perform female circumcisions
TCH lawyers, the Gosnell jury is taking a while.
Care to speculate why?
http://www.lifenews.com/2013/05/01/kermit-gosnell-murder-trial-jury-reaches-no-verdict-again-after-two-days/
They’re trying to find a jar big enough to stuff him in?
Someone over at McNorman’s place says the 3rd suspect is named
Robel Phillipos, they’ve posted a youtube of him on her site.
http://mcnorman.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/plea-deal-already/#comment-52745
not the sharpest tool in the shed is he?
as you said if backtrack had a son
un PC observation
they were showing the May Day marches in Seattle. not one overly skinny person marching.
The poor smucks that work and pay taxes to carry these loads were not there
My daughter said that sitting behind her in a bar in Austin were some anarchists. They were talking about the bombing in some way. They had on dirty clothes, had Stonewall Jackson beards, and were drinking single malt. Her boyfriend is a starving engineering grad student and they were drinking dollar longnecks. She said they both wanted to beat them up.
my tolerance level has dropped a lot lately for these loads. I would like to start a nationwide drive for people to contribute one penny to buy them a ticker to any communist country of their choice. I do think they need the education.
should read ticket
Not Again! I am sick of the destructive protest riot as entertainment here in Seattle. And I have plans after work, they better not be blocking the way home of the suckers who pay taxes to fund their government payments.
Don’t they have anything better to do than be perpetually aggrieved? I am aggrieved too but I have shit to do.
need my tinfoil hat
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Federal-Local-Authorities-Investigate-Possible-Human-Trafficking-at-Diplomatic-Compound-in-Virginia-205653811.html
funny how this is happening the same day to public is talking about a warning letter from the Saudies
Holy crap! Don’t try this at home. H/T to Hotair: Man disarms robber carrying shotgun. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/may/01/man-disarms-shotgun-robber-new-orleans-video
http://thoughtfulwomen.org/2013/04/23/hospitals-deporting-illegal-immigrants-video/
is this legal? if it is could more hospitals do it?
Somebody’s panties were in a bunch! “It’s not fair”! heh.
“…The FDA said Tuesday that Teva had provided data proving that girls as young as 15 could understand how Plan B works and use it properly, without the involvement of a health care provider. ”
That’s just sad. Parents and health care providers aren’t all mean prudes, they’re usually wiser and more experienced when it comes to your health. That’s why we give them 15 yr olds to look after.
Only in America can a minor girl buy an abortifacient, but an adult can’t buy a soft drink bigger than 16 ounces.